can you tell me how to recognise a house spider?

[bubbles4920]

firstly can i just say that i dont want any websites to look at , i would have awful nightmares. we are having quite a few spiders in the house every night. the majority are big large long legged brown ones. we sometimes get a bit smaller type that are black. i used to be really scared of them but now i think that its best they are alive and outside. after all, they are smaller than us. what i dont like is just how quick they can run, omg! anyway, i bought a bug catcher out of the betterware catalogue and it has been a life saver. we are moving home soon so will no doubt need it even more then! when they are inside the bug catcher, i have a good look at them. some have minute white dots on their back and i can see their fangs, omg. i also talk to them, telling them to stay outside, think it convinces me to not freak if nothing else. so just what type are these darn visitors? also, in our garage, there was one in each corner so they must have a territory. they were humungous black ones which i couldnt cope seeing in the house, enough now before i have too much of a shiver going down my back , or even a spider!!!

[hammerman]

The big black and brown hairy swines are usually classed as house spiders. I've trapped (and released) loads this year.

They say that the ones we see indoors are males looking for mates.

Maybe it would be of use to you if you did look up a website and actually learn about them and hopefully come to respect them.

HTH

[allotment10]

http://arachnophiliac.co.uk/burrow/news/spider s_are_not.htm

perhaps this might help

[smudge]

I'd go along with hammerman - the spiders we find in our house, are usually big black/brown hairy ones!

I'm off >>>>>>>>>>>>

[smudge]

>>>>I've also posted on your other spider thread>>>>

[.crete.]

the ones that crawl in your open mouth whilst you sleep are harmless really though and so don't worry.

[blue eyes ;)]

i always wondered how true that was about spiders crawling in your mouth as you sleep?!! anyone know the truth? xxx

[mandimoo]

blue eyes - im certain its true. i dreamed that i was abducted by aliens, and they put a clamp like probe down my throat, which they then opened up gradually. at this point i woke up. i was aware that i could still feel where the clamp had been in my throat. half asleep and really freaking out now cos i was alone in the house. i noticed that the feeling in my throat, was oh so slowly, moving stomachwards. the conclusion i drew, is that i swallowed an almighty spider in my sleep and the feeling of the clamp opening up my throat, was that of the spider trying desparately not to get pulled down into my stomach.

[b13thy]

mandimoo - i have never heard of anything so vile and horrific. how are you still alive? that experience would have made me kill myself

*shudder shudder*